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A collection of essays on the origins, techniques, function, connoisseurship, and collection of drawings. Most are specifically on a given artist, time period, or collection, but look for essays on more general topics such as Walter Strauss’s “Drawings: Construction versus Invention,” or Walter Koschatzky’s “Technique as Artistic Expression.”

Describes “some of the artists most representative of their times” as well as drawing techniques and materials. Includes period chapters on the 18th century, the 19th century, the Neoclassicists, the “animal-lovers,” illustrators, and the 20th century. Also includes chapters on monograms and signatures, buying drawings at auction, prices, how to keep drawings safely, and an index of artists and prices in 1966, 1967, and 1968. Price information is outdated.

A systematic introduction to the art of drawing, intended for students of drawing but useful to the collector wishing to understand drawing methods, materials, and subject matter. Includes chapters on art elements (line, value, texture, composition, perspective), media (dry media such as charcoal, chalk, pencil, and crayon, and wet media such as ink, wash drawing, and mixed media), and traditional areas of subject matter (still life, landscape, figure drawing, portraiture). Well illustrated.

Stacks NC50 M45 1982

Thomas Gainsborough, Wooded Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep, Winding River and Tower